I was looking at a mildly-interesting article called Top 10 USB Thumb Drive Tricks. Since my thumb drive usage is minimal at best, I probably won’t incorporate any of these “tricks,” but I found a couple that intrigued me. And since we all have our own computer styles and needs, there’s a good chance that you will find a couple that might help you.
First of all, you may recall that we were talking just the other day (HERE) about computer security in hotels and other public places. One of the suggested apps is an aid when you are working on a strange computer or in an insecure internet/wifi connection. The description reads, “If you’re on vacation, or working somewhere else where the security, tracking, and privacy conditions are unknown, you’ll be glad you have the DemocraKey bundle. It’s a set of Windows-based apps—including a browser, image editor, email client, and encryption suite—that makes browsing and working much more anonymous and secure.” Click on that link to learn more about it and to download it.
Another download can be used if you just like to keep certain apps with you or contained on a separate disk, your USB drive can function as a full-fledged launcher. PortableApps offers no-install-needed versions of Firefox, Chrome, Pidgin, GIMP, Open Office, Notepad++, and many other favorite bits of open source software.
I like this one: USB Safeguard can be used to make the entire drive, or just selected files on it, encrypted. And if anyone who “finds” your thumb drive tries to hack into it, all the files self-destruct. Kind of like the Impossible Mission Force doc. exchange without the smoke.
Read the entire Top 10 list HERE if you’re interested in more.
But first we have to fill out our on list on the Daily Equipment Check sheet. So, let’s get started on that and I’ll go make some more coffee.
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